Woonsocket
city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
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Summary
Woonsocket is a city in the United States[1]. Woonsocket ranks in the top 7% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,111 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Providence County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Lisa Baldelli-Hunt[5], Christopher Beauchamp[6]
- Postal code: 02895[7]
- Commons category: Woonsocket, Rhode Island[8]
- Local dialing code: 401[9]
- Inception: 1867[10]
- Official website: https://www.woonsocketri.org/[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Woonsocket, Rhode Island[12]
- Population: 41,186[13], 43,240[14]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Woonsocket[15]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], The American Cyclopædia[19], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[20], The New Student's Reference Work[21], New International Encyclopedia[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23]
- Official name: Woonsocket[24]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Woonsocket, Rhode Island[25]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Woonsocket, Rhode Island[26]
- Number of households: 16,515[27]
- Native label: Woonsocket[28]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Woonsocket, Rhode Island[29]
- Elevation above sea level: 56 m[30]
- Area: 20.58433 km²[31], 20.545261 km²[32]
- Water as percent of area: 2.4411 percent[33]
- Located in the statistical territorial entity: Providence–Warwick metropolitan NECTA[34]
- Per capita income: 25,620 US dollars[35]
Why It Matters
Woonsocket has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Woonsocket is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]